May. 6, 2015

Mar. 29, 2015

Fans of competitive college chess are enjoying their own version of Final Four, known as the President's Cup, at New York Athletic Club; tournament pits top four teams from the annual Pan-American Intercollegiate Team Chess Championship in a round-robin competition. MORE

Mar. 15, 2015

Corey Kilgannon Character Study column profiles Jerald Times, onetime teenage chess champion of Harlem who went on to become one of best black players in world; Times is chess coach at Dalton School on Upper East Side, where he endeavors to impart style of play learned on streets to privileged schoolchildren. MORE

Mar. 11, 2015

Both official program and clandestine maneuverings are underway to recruit top chess players from other countries to switch their loyalty to United States; effort, bankrolled by chess benefactor Rex Sinquefield, is trying to convince Fabiano Caruana, number two player in world, to switch to playing for US from Italy; he has turned down lucrative offer so far. MORE

Jan. 9, 2015

Profile of 14-year-old Sam Sevian, who became youngest chess grandmaster in United States history, at 13 years 10 months 27 days; Sevian takes part in Young Stars, five-year grant program sponsored by Kasparov Chess Foundation and Chess Club and Scholastic Center of St Louis, which provides coaching and financial resources to compete internationally. MORE

Dec. 14, 2014

Profile of Fabiano Caruana, American-born Italian chess grandmaster; Caruana is one of a handful of young, technology-minded players with potential to put high-level chess back in the spotlight. MORE

Oct. 12, 2014

Dylan Loeb McClain Chess column notes that organizational problems have plagued Grand Prix series, but Fabiano Caruana is holding the lead as expected. MORE

Oct. 5, 2014

Dylan Loeb McClain Chess column notes that players from India won six medalsx at World Youth Championships in Durban, South Africa, twice the number as the Russian squad. MORE

Sep. 28, 2014

Dylan Loeb McClain Chess column notes that team from Azerbaijan won European Club Cup with roster of players from six countries. MORE

Sep. 21, 2014

Dylan Loeb McClain Chess column notes that Bartlomiej Macieja, Polish grandmaster who coaches chess team at University of Texas at Brownsville, has won United States Masters Championship in North Carolina; other chess tournaments noted. MORE

Sep. 14, 2014

Dylan Loeb McClain Chess column notes third straight Grand Prix title won by Hou Yifan of China. MORE

Sep. 7, 2014

Dylan Loeb McClain Chess column observes that Italian grandmaster Fabiano Caruana turned in one of most dominant performances in game’s history at the Sinquefield Cup in St Louis, winning his first seven games and clinching first place long before tournament's end. MORE

Sep. 1, 2014

More than 500 chess players from 39 countries are expected to descend on Planet Hollywood Casino in Las Vegas to compete in tournament offering $1 million prize, largest in history of the game; Millionaire Chess tournament is intended as first step in multiyear plan to organize and run chess tournaments with big prize funds, ultimately raising national profile of the game. MORE

Aug. 31, 2014

Dylan Loeb McClain Chess column on 13-year-old Samuel Sevian, set to make history as youngest United States grandmaster. MORE

Aug. 24, 2014

Dylan Loeb McClain Chess column; Hungarian grandmaster Judit Polgar, best woman to ever play chess, announces plans to retire from competition as Chess Olympiad draws to a close. MORE

Aug. 17, 2014

Dylan Loeb McClain Chess column observes that the reputation of the Russian national men's team has taken another hit after they failed to medal at the Chess Olympiad; notes that women's team took gold. MORE

Aug. 12, 2014

Former world chess champion Garry Kasparov is defeated in election for presidency of the World Chess Federation, receiving stinging rebuke in his effort to unseat incumbent Kirsan N Ilyumzhinov. MORE

Aug. 10, 2014

Former world chess champion Garry Kasparov's campaign to become president of the Federation Internationale des Echecs, governing body of chess, has become new battleground for Kasparov and Russian Pres Vladimir V Putin; Putin's government has thrown its diplomatic resources against Kasparov and in support of incumbent president Kirsan Ilyumzhinov. MORE

Aug. 3, 2014

Dylan Loeb McClain Chess column; Claudia Munoz of Texas and Edward Song of Michigan, both 16, take their first tournament titles. MORE

Jul. 27, 2014

Dylan Loeb McClain Chess column; performances at three recent elite competitions show how much players in their early to mid-20s are now dominating the chess world. MORE

Jul. 20, 2014

Dylan Loeb McClain Chess column notes that Fabiano Caruana takes early lead at the Sparkassen Chess Meeting, winning three of his first four games; observes that Vladimir Kramnik of Russia, who has won title 10 times, is off to rocky start. MORE

Jul. 13, 2014

Dylan Loeb McClain Chess column examines run of victories by young American chess prodigies Awonder Liang, Samuel Sevian, Jeffrey Xiong and Kayden Troff; says four are leading the way for the next generation of great players. MORE

Jul. 6, 2014

Dylan Loeb McClain Chess column; Hou Yifan of China is just 10 ratings points away from becoming just second woman to make list of the world’s top 100 chess players. MORE

Jun. 29, 2014

Dylan Loeb McClain Chess column; Magnus Carlsen has long dominated conventional play, but he is now also world champion of chess at all speeds after winning World Rapid Championship and World Blitz Championship. MORE

Jun. 22, 2014

Dylan Loeb McClain Chess column; Sergey Karjakin, who has struggled in elite tournaments, has now won Norway’s 'No Logo' tournament twice. MORE

Jun. 15, 2014

Dylan Loeb McClain Chess column; David Navara, top-ranked chess player in the Czech Republic, is defeated by Hikaru Nakamura, who is top-ranked in the United States, at annual CEZ Chess Trophy match in Prague. MORE

Jun. 8, 2014

Dylan Loeb McClain Chess column; winners of league championships in Britain and France depended on an international lineup of stars to put world-class talent on their teams. MORE

Jun. 1, 2014

Dylan Loeb McClain Chess column; Dragoljub Velimirovic, who died May 22, was one of the last players to develop a system or strategy that bears its creator’s name, a feat unlikely to happen again. MORE

May. 25, 2014

Dylan Loeb McClain Chess column; Gata Kamsky and Irina Krush successfully defend their national titles by winning three-way playoffs at the United States Championship in St Louis. MORE

May. 18, 2014

Dylan Loeb McClain Chess column; new generation of American players is making it tough on Gata Kamsky as he defends his title at the United States Championship. MORE

May. 11, 2014

Dylan Loeb McClain Chess column; 11-year-old Annie Wang becomes youngest American girl to ever become a chess master after winning the National Junior Chess Congress, but she might not hold the record for long. MORE

May. 4, 2014

Dylan Loeb McClain Chess column; Magnus Carlsen takes title at the Shamkir 2014 tournament in Azerbaijan in a last-round victory over Fabiano Caruana, who had bested him earlier in the event. MORE

Apr. 27, 2014

Dylan Loeb McClain Chess column notes world champion Magnus Carlsen's defeat at hands of Fabiano Caruana of Italy in Round 4 of the Shamkir 2014 tournament in Shamkir, Azerbaijan. MORE

Apr. 20, 2014

Apr. 13, 2014

Dylan Loeb McClain Chess column says for second year in a row, Webster University of St. Louis wins the Final Four of chess, although Texas Tech almost pulls an upset. MORE

Apr. 6, 2014

Dylan Loeb McClain Chess column; Ilya Gurevich and Tal Shaked won the World Junior Chess Championships in the 1990s, but neither of them pursued chess careers as adults. MORE

Mar. 30, 2014

Dylan Loeb McClain Chess column notes that Viswanathan Anand, who lost his world title to Magnus Carlsen, holds commanding lead in the tournament to determine 2014’s challenger. MORE

Mar. 23, 2014

Dylan Loeb McClain Chess column on how computer programs have changed the pace of tournaments that will select the next title challenger for world champion Magnus Carlsen. MORE

Mar. 16, 2014

Dylan Loeb McClain Chess column notes that world's top players have descended on Europe to compete in either the Candidates tournament or the European Individual Chess Championship, two competitions that have the potential to shake up the world chess order. MORE

Mar. 9, 2014

Dylan Loeb McClain Chess column; former world champion Viswanathan Anand has a special relationship with Germany’s Budesliga, Europe's best professional chess league, which is lucrative source of income for players trying to earn living at chess. MORE

Mar. 2, 2014

Dylan Loeb McClain Chess column examines Baadur Jovava's victory at International Open Tournament in Minsk, Belarus, held in honor of chess master David Bronstein. MORE

Feb. 23, 2014

Dylan Loeb McClain Chess column notes that Princeton University's A team won the United States Amateur Team East championship for second year in a row. MORE

Feb. 16, 2014

Dylan Loeb McClain Chess column examines Ivan Cheparinov's win at three-way playoff to take the title at the 12th Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival. MORE

Feb. 9, 2014

World Chess Federation is surrounded by intrigue as incumbent president Kirsan Ilyumzhinov and challengers Garry Kasparov and Andrew Paulson accuse each other of conspiracy and corruption. MORE

Feb. 9, 2014

Dylan Loeb McClain Chess column describes stops made by world chess champion Magnus Carlsen during promotional tour before coming back to win the Zurich Chess Challenge. MORE

Feb. 2, 2014

Dylan Loeb McClain Chess column holds that dominance of Armenian Levon Aronian at Tata Steel Chess Tournament in Netherlands shows that he is ready to challenge world champion Magnus Carlsen. MORE

Jan. 26, 2014

Dylan Loeb McClain Chess column profiles Eugene Brown, ex-convict who learned to play chess in prison, later becoming chess champion and founding Big Chair Chess Club for children in Washington; Brown is inspiration for movie Life of a King. MORE

Jan. 26, 2014

Susan Dominus Talk interview with world chess champion Magnus Carlsen, who discusses his recent win and how he intimidates his competition. MORE

Jan. 25, 2014

Former chess world champion Garry Kasparov releases previously confidential agreement with influential chess official Ignatius Leong that does not contain controversial promise to pay $500,000 should Leong help Kasparov become president of the World Chess Federation; agreement does contain provision for payment to Leong that would be negotiated after Kasparov's election. MORE